Introducing DME

July 1, 2013

SAN DIEGO, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The first-ever North American production units for clean-burning, fuel-grade dimethyl ether (DME) have been developed by Oberon Fuels, and will go online in June in the Imperial Valley region of southern California. The production facility and Oberon’s cooperation with Volvo Trucks in North … Continue reading →

Gradient Resources closes $155m financing for Patua project

June 17, 2013

U.S. geothermal development company Gradient Resources has completed a $155 million financing for the construction of the first phase of its Patua Geothermal Project near Fernley, Nevada. In a release today, Gradient Resources Inc., announced it has “completed a $155m financing for the construction of the first phase of its … Continue reading →

Mammoth Lakes – Casa Diablo IV Geothermal Plant

February 1, 2013

Residents now have more time to weigh in on what could be one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Mono County’s history. A brand new geothermal plant that will generate as much power as all three existing Ormat Technologies power plants east of Mammoth Lake is in the works. Last … Continue reading →

Hudson Ranch I named Geothermal Project of the Year 2012

December 9, 2012

by LXRICHTER under BY REGION, NORTH AMERICA, PROJECTS on December 9, 2012 Announced by video yesterday, the John L. Featherstone (Hudson Ranch I) geothermal power plant has won the “geothermal project of the year” by the editors of Power Engineering magazine, Renewable Energy World and PennWell Corp. In its Annual Projects of the Year Awards program, … Continue reading →

EnergySource’s New Geothermal Plant Is Online Near the Salton Sea

May 8, 2012

“The region may be the best resource—and best-kept secret—in the geothermal sector” The EnergySource 49.9-megawatt Hudson Ranch I geothermal plant went on-line in the Salton Sea geothermal field on March 9. It is the first in that field to come on-line in twenty years. The Salton Sea known geothermal resource … Continue reading →

Underground Milestones, Imperial Valley Progress and More

December 8, 2011

SDG&E is making steady construction gains on the Sunrise Powerlink during the summer of 2011. The Sunrise Powerlink team and its contractors are currently in the field working on various aspects of the new transmission line and have reached several important milestones. Significant progress continues to be made on 6.2-mile … Continue reading →